Mad about Science: Pumpkin spice
By Brenden Bobby Reader Staff Though Reader Editor Zach Hagadone has expressed an aversion to the phraseit’s that time of the year again, that’s what it is — including wood fires, cozy sweaters and...
Category: History
A short history lesson on ranked-choice voting
By Jim Jones Reader Contributor The opponents of Proposition 1, the Open Primaries Initiative, have been making uninformed claims about this game-changing voting reform. Dorothy Moon, the head of the extremist branch of Idaho’s...
Mad about Science: Archimedes’ screw
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Moving water somewhere you want it to go is a pain in the butt. Projects involving moving large amounts of water generally use an electric pump, such as a...
U.S. Navy launches attack submarine USS Idaho
By Reader Staff One of the U.S. Navy’s newest attack submarines, the future USS Idaho (SSN 799), launched from General Dynamics Electric Boat’s shipyard into the Thames River in Connecticut on Aug. 6. The...
Mad about Science: Medieval brewing
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Anywhere you travel — from New York, U.S. to York, U.K. — you can expect a uniform taste from two of the same brands of alcoholic brew. Modern brewing...
Theory of Unknown Origin: ‘They’re eating the pets’
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The rise in xenophobia in the U.S. has opened the door for a range of stereotypes to step into the spotlight — including the renewed popularity of the claim...
Emily Articulated: U.S. history, 2050 edition
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Flipping open to a glossy image of Barack Obama, the iconic “Hope” poster filled the page, with the former president’s calm, resolute expression etched in hues of blue, red...
North Idaho through history’s eyes
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff In collaboration with The Bonner County History Museum, celebrated naturalist and writer Jack Nisbet will give a presentation on fur trader, surveyor and cartographer David Thompson at the Heartwood...
Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Wilderness Act
By Phil Hough Reader Contributor On Sept. 3, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Wilderness Act, preserving 54 areas as wilderness, totaling 9.1 million acres in 13 states. More importantly, it envisioned additional...
Mad about Science: Boring machines
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist One of my high-school teachers told me something that would shape my worldview: “Only boring people get bored.” This was a masterfully diabolical dig at an entitled student (yours...
